I drink a whole lot of diet soda, and I'm skinny. (If I lost 10 pounds, I'd have an "underweight" BMI.) Of course, I also drank diet soda when I was overweight

I drink a whole lot of diet soda, and I'm skinny. (If I lost 10 pounds, I'd have an "underweight" BMI.) Of course, I also drank diet soda when I was overweight. And it's fair to say that when I switched from regular soda to diet, I was hoping it would help me lose weight. Diet sodas appeal to people who are looking for an easy answer to the problem of losing weight. It just so happens in my case I eventually found and committed to a not-easy answer. I still drink diet sodas for two reasons. One is that I enjoy the variety. At times I have drunk just tea and water, but I get bored with that. The other is I do feel like they make it marginally easier for me to maintain a healthy weight. Without them, I'd probably indulge in non-diet sodas from time to time.